Friday, June 20, 2008

Musically Tagged...Or What's Making Me Sing These Days

I've sort of avoided playing the tag game for some time now, but UK's Blowing My Thought Wad hit me up with one that I'm happy to take a run at...

“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now.”

In no particular order, here are my Magnificent Seven:

1) High & Dry' by Radiohead...

...from the new cd release Best of Radiohead...only purchased because I have always thought of Radiohead as an 'album band' as opposed to 'hit artists', and wanted to see if a compilation of their better known songs would be an enjoyable listen. It's okay, but still like their albums better.

2) 'War On War' by Wilco...

...after finally watching the marvelous music documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart about the making of the band's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album.

Yeah...that live Creep song was up and then taken down by Prince's people but then Radiohead said it was their song not his (to claim copywrite infringement)...then this version just appeared, but I've read that Prince is still trying to get all copies off Youtube so who knows...watch it quick!!

Frankly I feel "outed." Often what one says they listen to bears little resemblance to what's actually tickling their eardrums. In my case that couldn't have been more true. But thanks for including me, Will. It was fun to look at what I'd actually pressed the play button on.

About Me:

Will Dixon has been a tv industry hyphenate for twenty years - directing, writing, and producing a little bit of everything everywhere from Toronto to Los Angeles. Selected credits include 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?', 'Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal', 'The Outer Limits', 'Earth Final Conflict', 'Renegadepress.com', and 'Guitarman - the movie'. More recently Will has crossed over to the other side and is firmly ensconced as a Canadian television network executive. Please don't hold that against him.